Mount Abantos

Mount Abantos is a mountain within the Sierra de Guadarrama variety in the Sistema Central of Spain, a series that runs from east to west. For the most component, the mountain is placed within the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial within the Community of Madrid, with part of its west aspect in the province of Avila. In the 16^th century, King Philip II of Spain selected a site at the southern facet of Abantos as the web site of the Monastery of El Escorial. In the 18th century, the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial changed into based.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial is now an urban network with a populace of over 17,000. On the mountain's northern side is any other monument of historical and inventive interest, Valle de los Caidos "Valley of the Fallen". This monument changed into erected at Cuelgamuros Valley in the 20th century. The monument changed into conceived via caudillo Francisco Franco as a memorial to folks who died for the duration of the Spanish Civil War. On 21 August 1999, a wooded area fire began on the east side of Abantos, charring over 450 hectares of pine forest. The burned vicinity has on account that been repopulated with pine trees. The routes for many Vueltas a Espana have passed via Abantos, and the mountain has been the final level for the race on severa activities.